A quick plug for an amazing five-part series currently running in the Denton Record-Chronicle about the problems drilling on the Barnett Shale is having. Rig explosions, flooding, mudslides, neighborhood clashes, legal battles, vandalism– it’s like “There Will Be Blood” except happening today… and in Denton. Somebody get T. Boone Pickens on the phone– isn’t he [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Raise a glass to… glass
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economic recession, glass, Green Inc, Kate Galbraith, Ms. Fisk, New Year's Eve, Real Ale, recyclables, recycling downturn on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In case you haven’t heard, word on the street is that we’re in an economic recession. Apparently lots of people are losing money, markets are down, and everything is on sale, sale, sale! Things aren’t any different in the market for recycled goods. Recyling industries are hurting, city government’s aren’t making as much money from [...]
Hey, let’s destabilize a nuclear power because of global warming!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Afghanistan, China, environmental justice, environmental refugees, Global Warming, Himalayan glacier melt, India, Nuclear, Pakistan, terrorism, water, water wars on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A truly frightening article from The International News and their Karachi (Pakistan) bureau: Global warming and the ongoing thinning of Tibetan glaciers will result in as many as 15 million ‘environmental refugees’ in South Asia in the near future, said Chairperson Hisaar Foundation and member of Stockholm-based Global Water Partnership Technical Committee, Simi Kamal. Full [...]
Nuclear Sneak Attack
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Fort Worth Weekly, Glen Rose, Luminant, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuke Free Texas, Scoping Hearing, Somervell County on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an era dubbed a “nuclear renaissance” by the nuclear industry and during which the Bush Administration has pushed one package of subsidies after another, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has indicated that they expect up to thirty applications to be filed to build additional nuclear plants. Currently, five or six of those proposals are [...]
From deep in the heart of Texas, a Global Warming Solutions Act
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 2009 Legislative Session, cockroach, Global Warming, harman on earth, Rodney Ellis, Texas Global Warming Solutions ACt on December 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
What a beautiful gift to find under my cyber Christmas tree this morning (give me a break, its Christmas Eve and I’m going to milk my holiday references for all they’re worth). From harman on earth, the good news that State Senator Rodney Ellis has filed legislation to get Texas working toward a climate change [...]
du, duh, DUH! Cartoon Super Obama saves America from energy villains!
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the League of Conservation Voter’s newest ad supporting Obama’s plan to jump start the economy and solve the climate crisis. If only he really did have super powers…
Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Posted in Toxics, tagged Birdville School District, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Ector County, EPA, High School Football, Humbug, Lead, Odessa, Soil Standards, Toxics, Willie Nelson on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Am I “Crazy” for wondrin’ if lead in artificial turf is a bad thing, or have I just been listening to too much Willie Nelson lately? The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports: Some of the most hallowed ground in Texas — the artificial turf on its high school football fields — may also be toxic. Fields [...]
News Roundup – Scary Yuletide Ghost of Christmas Future edition
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, Toxics, tagged cap and trade, Christmas, Coal, Global Warming, natural gas, particulate matter, pickens plan, PM, soot on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The real question is, will we at Texas Vox run out of holiday references before tomorrow or not? Some scary, scary stuff out there in the past few days we wanted to show you, plus some extra holiday snark for all of you. Haven’t we been saying how bad coal is? Some families in Tennessee [...]
Hayduke lives!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, tagged Amy Goodman, Arches National Park, Bureau of Land Management, Civil Disobedience, Democracy Now!, Ed Abbey, Hayduke Lives, Monkeywrenching, National Parks Service, Oil and Gas Leases, Salt Lake Tribune, Tim DeChristopher on December 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ed Abbey would be proud. At an auction held by the Bureau of Land Management for oil and gas leases on 149,000 acres of public land in Utah, a University of Utah student and environmental activist named Tim DeChristopher posed as a bidder and bought up 22,000 acres to keep it from industry clutches. Much [...]
Loophole, Closed!
Posted in Toxics, tagged Air Quality Standards, Air toxics, Loophole, Pollution Exemption, Texas, US Court of Appeals, Washington Post on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a Christmas miracle! There’s some good news out there to brighten my day! A huge loophole in air pollution regulation has been closed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia! Reports the Washington Post: In a 2 to 1 decision yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of [...]
I got yer lump of coal for yer stocking… right here!
Posted in Global Warming on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good news, coal activists- According to the Department of Energy in a new report released this week, coal use will actually decline slightly in coming years. This is partially because of the recession and economic problems. Power consumption growth is on the decline, and less capital is available for financing coal plants. However, the [...]
Oh, FUUUUUUUUDGE!
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged A Christmas Story, Bonanza, Coal, Coal Plant Permitting Process, Desert Power Electric Cooperative, Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Lisa Jackson, Massachusetts v EPA, Stephen Johnson on December 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The EPA’s newest decision definitely brought the dreaded “F-dash-dash-dash” word to mind. Reports Grist.org: Coal-fired power plants’ greenhouse-gas emissions shouldn’t be taken into consideration when determining whether to approve their construction, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson ruled this week. The ruling could clear the way for at least a handful of new coal plants to be [...]
The Pollution on the School Bus goes Down, Down, Down!
Posted in Diesel, tagged air pollution, Air Quality, Air toxics, children, Diesel, health effects, kids, parents, school bus retrofit, school buses, Schools, TCEQ, Toxics on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you like clean air? Do you like clean air for KIDS? Seems like the rest of the state does, too. According to TCEQ, a program to retrofit school buses around the state has been able to retrofit 2300 buses statewide. Even more amazing was the demand for the program exceeding its allotment by 40%, [...]
NRG asks Austin to invest in South Texas nuclear facility expansion
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Austin American-Statesman, Karen Hadden, NRG, Nuclear Power, SEED Coalition, South Texas Project on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Austin American Statesman ran an article yesterday reporting on the City Council’s likely decision to hire a consultant to look into expansion of the South Texas Project nuclear power facility. In February NRG invited the City Council, which owns a 16% stake in the plant, to invest in a project that would double the [...]
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